Blog

Shepherd Neame’s Bishops Finger has been named as one of Britain’s 10 top beers by a leading beer sommelier. Jane Peyton, named UK Beer Sommelier of the Year in 2014, revealed her 10 favourites in The Drinks Business this week, featuring a range of styles including porter, stout, IPA, and wheat beer. Her recommendations include Bishops Finger (5% abv).

There is less than a week to go until beer lovers across the country will be raising a glass and joining a nationwide toast for the UK’s very first Beer Day Britain. The national ‘cheers to beer’ is taking place at 12.15pm on Monday, June 15 - chosen as it was the date in 1215 that the Magna Carta was sealed.

A rare opportunity is on offer to discover the secrets of the brewery. For one day only, John Owen, our award-winning archivist and historian, is leading specialist history tours that will take in areas of the brewery usually hidden from public view along with documents and artefacts from the archives that are not normally on display.

Enjoy a real taste of Kent this summer with new Red Sails Cherry Porter, flavoured with the Garden of England’s famous Morello cherries. Originally developed in the pilot brewery, the hand crafted seasonal ale is now among the collection of No.18 Yard Brewhouse beers available nationwide.